File holder



Jan. 6, 1942. F. BA'NGERTER ,268, 3

FILE HOLDER Filed Jan. 6, 1941 T.- 1125 j 19 12 14 x O o 19 15 :2 L217 Q INVENTOR.

Patented Jan. 6, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FILE HOLDER Fred Bangerter, Detroit, Mich.

Application January 6, 1941, Serial No. 373,240

1 Claim.

This application relates to file holders or the like.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a novel form of file holder which is simpler and more convenient to use than heretofore contemplated and which is desirable from all points of view.

One embodiment of :the invention is disclosed in the appended drawing.

In this drawing,

Fig. 1 is a side view of the file holder with a file in place.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view showing a file about to be inserted into the holder.

Fig. 3 is a view as if from the left of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a view as if from the right of Fig. l.

The file holder here shown comprises elongated mating jaws or blocks III, II. Jaw I is formed with a portion l2 extending from a rear end thereof upwardly and then rearwardly, terminating in a tang H which may be used as a support for a grip l5, which will thus be offset from the jaws Ill-ll and generally parallel to the jaws so as to provide a most convenient grip for the file [6 whose tang I! may be inserted into a tapered three-wall groove l8 of the holder, formed by the mating of tapered rabbets or grooves at the lower edges of the mating faces of the blocks. The three-wall groove l8 has its large end at the forward end of the holder and its smaller end at the rear end of the holder. Screws I!) pass through the jaws laterally threading into tapped holes in the jaw l0 and passing through clear holes of the jaw II. The screws are perpendicular to the long dimension of the groove and are between the base of the groove and the upper surfaces of the jaws and they extend in a plane substantially parallel to the base of the groove of the holder and have their heads exposed at the side of the holder.

Now having described the file holder here shown, reference should be had to the claim which follows for a determination of the invention.

I claim:

A 'file holder or the like comprising elongated mating jaws or blocks, one of them being formed with a portion extending from an end thereof upwardly and then rearwardly again so as to provide a grip offset from but generally parallel to the long dimension of the jaws, the jaws having the lower long edges of their long mating faces cut away or rabbeted on a bias to form in the lower face of the handle a long tapered three wall groove for receiving a file tang, screws passingthrough the jaws laterally, that is, peipendicularly to the long dimension of the groove, between its base and the upper surfaces of the jaws, for clamping the jaws to each other, the screws being in a plane substantially parallel to the base of the groove of the handle; and having heads exposed at the side of the handle, the screws threading into tapped holes of the block provided with the grip portion and through clear holes of the other block, the sides of the groove being nonparallel, and at acute angles to the base of the groove, with the base wider than the entrance to the groove.

FRED BANGERTER. 

